Marcos Maniacs

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the 
MarcosManiacs group:

The Marcos GT has always been a limited 
production sports car. This poll is 
intended to be answered by 1969 to 1973 
Marcos GT owners only. The question 
is: "Do you consider the Marcos GT to 
be reliable enough to be used as an all-
around vechicle (for work, around town 
and on trips)"? If "No" then please 
clarify your answer with the additional 
choices provided. 

  o Yes 
  o No - it is too expensive to keep up 
  o No - it is not built well enough and/or reliable enough 
  o No - it is intended only for sporting events 
  o No - not enough passenger and trunk space 


To vote, please visit the following web page:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarcosManiacs/surveys?id=10920359  

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Thanks!

I have a perfectly good Marcos GT (well it will be when I've finished 
restoring it!!) which dates from 1968.
Is it because it's a wooden chassis 1600 that we aren't considered 
for this questionnaire???
Paul V
#4239

Dear Paul,

No sir; I have no qualm with the original wood-frame Marcos GT [in fact, from 
my understanding, it is lighter than the steel frame and therefore quicker 
with equivalent motor size than a steel framed of the same year/model].

The reason for leaving out all other vehicles are as follows:

1. I visited the Marcos factory when it was still located at 
Stratford-On-Avon prior to their relocating to Wiltshire. This was in 1969.

2. I had saved, for two years, to purchase a new 1969 Marcos GT while in the 
U.S.A.F. and subsequently, in that year, I learned that, due to circumstances 
beyond my control, the money that I had saved was spent by my family members 
back in the U.S.A. without my knowledge.

3. That was 33 years ago, Paul. Because of those circumstances I was denied 
from fulfilling those plans to obtain my dream car.

4. Now I am 59 years of age and before I die I want to realize my failed 
dream and obtain a 1969 or subsequent year model Marcos GT.

5. The Marcos GT can not be exported from Britain, even today, unless it is 
pre-1974.

6. I would love dearly to be able to purchase the very last 1969 Marcos GT 
woodframe from Hayes Harris at Wire Wheels in Vero Beach, Florida (reference: 
Marcos Maniacs) but I seem to have insulted him by expressing my exasperation 
and frustration with regard to trying to do business with him over these past 
several weeks by way of email.

Therefore, I have no problem with a Marcos GT woodframe but I do have certain 
criteria regarding what I want in such a car.

I need my GT to be quite quick. I am looking for performance, preferably with 
a 4-speed incorporating electric overdrive or a 5-speed capable of at least 
125 mph top end and no less than 0-60 mph in 7.5 or less seconds.

Are you interested in selling your car, Paul? If so, does it meet those 
minimum requirements?

I do hope and trust that my providing my views concerning my needs for 
purchasing a Marcos GT does not insult you. Heck, I would also seriously 
consider an ancient 1965 or so Lotus Elite or a lovely little Ginetta!

But the Marcos GT is what I've had my heart and soul set on for 33 years now 
...even over a Jaguar XKE Coupe (which I test drove back in 1969 but still 
decided on the Marcos GT).

With best regards, I am,

Most sincerely,

Robert D. Boyd

rdboyd@...